They stopped seeing the blessing

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The opening of this shiur, in Dr. Jack Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Imagine a young man sitting across from a young woman on a date. She's attractive, she's intelligent, she's kind. Everything looks perfect. But after the date, he says, "I don't know. Something's missing." A week later, another date. And then another date, then and another date. Nobody's good enough for him. Nobody measures up. And 10 years later, he's still searching. What happened? And the answer is found in this week's parashah, because in this week's parashah Behaalotecha, it contains one of the most shocking tragedies in the Torah. A most shocking tragedies in the Torah. A generation that saw the sea split. A generation that heard Hashem's mouth speaking. A generation that ate food from heaven, and yet they ruined their own happiness. My dear Rebbe, Rabbi Avigdor Miller would say that one of the greatest dangers in life is becoming blind to the blessings that are already in front of you, right in front of you. And that's exactly what happened in this week's parashah Behaalotecha. And it's exactly what destroys relationships today. The Jewish people had everything. The clouds of glory for protection. Miracles clouds of glory for protection. Miracles everywhere. The manna, heavenly food. Hashem himself leading them. And yet they complained. And the Torah says they remembered the fish in Egypt. The fish? You got to be kidding. Egypt was slavery, beatings every day, murder, torture, babies crushed into cement. Yet suddenly Egypt looks so wonderful. What happened? Why? And Rabbi Avigdor Miller explains that human beings possess a terrible tendency. We stop appreciating

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1. 0:01Imagine a young man sitting across from a young woman on a date. She's attractive, she's…
2. 0:32most shocking tragedies in the Torah. A generation that saw the sea split. A generation that…
3. 1:32terrible tendency. We stop appreciating and we start fantasizing about what we don't have. And the…
4. 2:02him disappears. Not because she's lacking, because the appreciation is lacking. So, my Rabbi Ravigda Miller…
5. 3:03every forgotten chore, every annoying habit. Imagine if Hashem treated us that way. We wouldn't survive…
6. 3:33given the privilege of lighting the menorah. The menorah symbolizes bringing light. Rabbi Miller taught that…
7. 4:36improves, because the satisfaction lives inside them." Some people sabotage every relationship, not because they meet…
8. 5:08prophesying. Yehoshua, Moshe's steady first hand, becomes alarmed. Moshe responds, "Are you jealous for me?" And…
9. 6:08them. And that's a problem. And that danger exists today, ladies and gentlemen. The greatest tragedy…
10. 6:38learns gratitude finds happiness. The person who learns gratitude becomes lovable. The person who learns gratitude…

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